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Head of the Civil Service Derrick Binns stressed that decision-making lies in the hands of ministers as he spoke out on the controversial failure to follow financial instructions. Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews has heavily criticised the Ber...

The Bermuda Government has now opened the process for residents wanting to serve on government boards and committees. Following up on a pledge from this month’s Throne Speech, Cabinet Office announced Expression of Interest forms are now available on...

Dear Sir, May I thank the Government for continuing to try to help Bermuda become a better place. We have had self-serving politicians in the not-too-distant past, but now we see our elected officials serving us. The massive debt we were burdened wi...

The Progressive Labour Party would make good on its vow to eliminate middle schools if returned to power, replacing them with “five-year decentralised high schools”. Some middle schools, such as the Whitney Institute and Clearwater, would become seni...

Mark Pettingill has placed pressure on the Progressive Labour Party to formally respond to the Auditor-General’s critical report. Speaking at the House of Assembly on Friday night, the One Bermuda Alliance MP compared Heather Jacobs Matthews’s repor...

One Bermuda Alliance MP Nandi Outerbridge has made an official apology to the House of Assembly for making “inappropriate comments”. The apology was read out at the start of Friday’s session by Randy Horton, the Speaker of the House. The “inappropri...

At the beginning of the week we had no hesitation in saying hats off to CITV — the Bermuda Government Community Television channel — and personnel for exceeding themselves in the production of the back-to-back events relating firstly to the Convening...

Much of Parliament’s eleven-hour Throne Speech debate revolved around whether or not the Island was truly making a recovery from the economic recession. Marc Bean, in the Progressive Labour Party’s reply, maintained that real growth had yet to revita...

Unionised workers are seeking clearance to attend next week’s Supreme Court hearings on an injunction against them by the Bermuda Government. The legal action, set for Tuesday through Thursday, stems from marches prompted by a letter on January 23 fr...

Within two to three years, the doors will open into Bermuda’s first casino, changing the face of the Island for ever. There will be no turning back. It will arrive with all of the required attachments: glitz, glamour, neon lights and constant clangin...

A damning report by the Auditor-General underlines the origins of Bermuda’s financial woes, according to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance. Bob Richards said the public had “every right to be upset” after the revelations contained in Heather...

“Children first” was the phrase used to describe the focus of the Ministry of Education during the Throne Speech on Friday. A raft of school improvement plans, which are under way and scheduled for completion by 2018, were outlined. Delivering a rela...